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ADVISORY/Subject Matter Expert and World Renowned Coach Loren Seagrave Available for Interviews Regarding Science Behind Speed, Power and Athleticism.


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ADVISORY...

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ATTENTION ALL MEDIA COVERING OLYMPICS Olympics Sports medicine An international competition among (traditionally) nonprofessional athletes trained in a particular summer or winter sport, which is held every 4 yrs in a selected city. See Paralympics, Special Olympics, World Medical Games. :

WHO:            Loren Seagrave has coached over 50 athletes to Olympic
                and International medals and is available to any media
                for interviews, as needed, regarding the Olympics and
                athletic performance training.

BIO:            Seagrave is known worldwide as an expert in speed and
                is considered one of the leading exponents of applied
                sports science to today's high performance athlete.
                Establishing a reputation in Track and Field as one of
                the best sprint and hurdle coaches in the world,
                Seagrave has worked with numerous Olympic and World
                Championship medalists, National and World record
                holders and collegiate All-Americans.

                Seagrave has coached Olympians who participated in the
                last five Olympics. In 2000 Seagrave co-coached six
                Olympians from five different countries including the
                Silver Medallist in the 200-meters, Pauline Davis. He
                also served as Head Olympic Coach for Liberia,
                recording two national records in the Men's 4 X
                100-meter Relay. In 1998, Seagrave was sought out to
                direct the training of 100-meter Olympic Champion and
                World Record Holder Donovan Bailey.

                Seagrave also serves as director if the International
                Performance Institute at the IMG Academies.  Seagrave
                is charged with developing the high level programs
                designed to enhance sports performance to athletes in
                six different sports.

                Seagrave also currently serves as editor of the sprint
                and hurdle events for the IAAF Level II World Coaching
                Education Program.  He was also one of the founding
                fathers of the USATF Coaching Education program in
                1983. In support of the program, he continues to
                occasionally lecture at Level One Schools. He has
                conducted clinics in over 30 countries. He has done
                extensive work internationally as high performance
                consultant to Athletics Australia in the preparation
                of their 1996 Olympic and World Junior Team and the
                Swiss and German National Athletics Federations in the
                past decade. He was the National Head Sprints and
                Hurdles Coach for Thailand where his athletes eclipsed
                numerous national records.

                Seagrave combined his expertise with co-author Kevin
                O'Donnell to produce the SPEED DYNAMICS Training
                System and Instructional Video Series. The highly
                acclaimed video series is used by coaches and athletes
                in over 100 countries.

                Seagrave founded Velocity Sports Performance, a
                nationwide speed and athletic performance enhancement
                company taking speed and performance training, usually
                reserved for elite athletes, to youth athletes around
                the country.

ABOUT VELOCITY  Velocity Sports Performance, an advanced sports
SPORTS          performance training program for athletes of all
PERFORMANCE:    skills and ages, was founded in 1999 by world-renowned
                coach Loren Seagrave, who has coached Olympic
                athletes, NFL players and long distance runners.
                Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Velocity Sports
                Performance is a fast-paced, exciting new sports
                business. The company offers worldwide franchise
                opportunities and provides world-class franchise
                training and ongoing support.  Velocity Sports
                Performance has strategic relationships with national
                organizations such as IMG Academies, Collegiate Sports
                of America, National Alliance for Youth Sports and
                Special Olympics. Visit www.velocitysp.com for more
                information on training programs and franchise
                opportunities.
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